Are we nearly there yet? : a journey celebrating Scotland's milestones, insprired by The Road and the Miles to Dundee
Keith, L. Bruce2021
Books, Manuscripts
In these day of satnav, it's perhaps strangely nostalgic to reflect on how our forefathers ascertained their sense of distance and direction. Milestones, and variants such as fingerposts, provided that surety. Made a statutory requirement under the Turnpike Acts of the 18th century, these artefacts have become treasured 'furniture' on our roadside verges and worthy of protecting, and maintaining, as much a part of our socio-economic history as they are integral to our nation's transport heritage. Canals and railways, which opened Scotland to industrial expansion and now serve both tourist and local community, also had their distinct distance markers. 'Are We Nearly There Yet?' chronicles the development of these eye-catching milestones across Scotland, in a whsitle-stop tour of the most noteworthy and interesting, capturing something of the location and the communities within which they are to be found.
Main title:
Author:
Keith, L. Bruce, author
Imprint:
Peterborough : Dunnottar Productions Limited, 2021.
Collation:
168 pages : black and white and colour photographs ; 22 cm x 28 cm.
Contents:
Early timesMensurationThe Appliance of ScienceThe legislative footprintA journey in time along Scotland's roadsPromoting milestonesA short musical interludeCanal milestonesRailway milesGoing the distanceMillennium milestonesPaddy's MilestoneThe Milestone SocietyJourney's endBibliography50 top sporting scots who went the extra mile
Access restrictions:
Antonine Wall, p.9-11, p.13, p.18, p.45, p.111, p.114.Bo'ness, p.78, p.96, p.110, p.124.Bonnybridge, p.103, p.108-110, p.112.Camelon, p.112.Carron Ironworks, p.110.Falkirk, p.34, p.42, p.48, p.98, p.107, p.109, p.112.Grangemouth, p.109.Grangemouth Iron Company, p.110.Polmont, p.98, p.113.Smeaton, John : engineer, p.111.Smith & Wellstood Ltd. : founders, Bonnybridge, p.103, p.108-110.
ISBN:
9780956638755
Dewey class:
388.1SCOT388.1FS388.1
Local class:
388.1F/GEN
Language:
English
BRN:
3100356